Jonas Vingegaard is 'happy' while Tadej Pogačar calls Tour de France 2025 route 'brutal'

Visma-Lease a Bike sports director Grischa Niermann says course 'certainly appeals' to Dutch squad

Jonas Vingegaard in a Visma-Lease a Bike jersey
(Image credit: Getty Images)

Absent from the official unveiling in Paris, two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard was likely rubbing his hands together upon seeing the race route for 2025, according to his Visma-Lease a Bike sports director Grischa Niermann.

Meanwhile, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), the defending champion, described the course as "brutal".

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Tom Davidson
Senior News Writer

Tom joined Cycling Weekly as a news and features writer in the summer of 2022, having previously contributed as a freelancer. He is the host of The TT Podcast, which covers both the men's and women's pelotons and has featured a number of prominent British riders.

An enthusiastic cyclist himself, Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides.